Piql Book of References

Vatican Library Case Study

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Preserving history for the future with the Vatican Library

The Vatican Library is working with Piql to safely preserve and protect some of their most valuable historic manuscripts for future generations.

The Vatican Library is working with Piql to safely pre serve and protect some of their most valuable historic manuscripts for future generations. As one of the oldest and important libraries in the world, it contains one of the most significant collec tions of historical texts, including 75,000 codices and

1.1 million printed books. Formally established by Pope Nicholas V in 1475, the Library began a digitisation project in 2010 to preserve their collection of manu scripts for the future and make them available to the public online.